This cross-sectional study aimed to describe the prescription of non-pharmacological management of patients with heart failure attending the emergency care of a hospital and the effectiveness of the practice. 256 patients aged 63±13 years, 153 (60 percent) men, participated in the research. The most com...
Contexto. O tempo despendido para a realização dos registros de enfermagem, a política da instituição, a utilização de linguagem padronizada assim como os recursos disponíveis (método impresso ou eletrônico) podem ter interferência direta da qualidade destes. Objetivo. Identificar e analisar d...
This study aimed to classify patients according to their degree of dependence on nursing care (Perroca Classification System) and correlate this with the anesthetic risk (American Society of Anesthesiologists - ASA classification) in a post-anesthesia care unit. A cross-sectional study was conducted, whi...
Adherence to chronic Oral Anticoagulant Therapy (OAT) is directly related to patients' understanding of the therapy. This study verified the knowledge of patients with mechanical valve prostheses concerning OAT. This is a contemporary cross-sectional study, the sample is composed of patients with mechani...
This study verified the daily TISS-28 score in the postoperative period of cardiac surgery at a cardiology intensive care unit. This cohort study included 55 postoperative cardiac surgery patients, who were sent to the intensive care unit to recover. Data were collected from patients records with daily...
Desenvolveu-se um estudo transversal com o objetivo de avaliar o conhecimento de enfermeiros referente ao atendimento em parada cardiorrespiratória (PCR), relacionando esses resultados com o tempo decorrido da capacitação. Estudo realizado em um hospital geral em Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, em ju...
Estudo desenvolvido com o objetivo de verificar o conhecimento de pacientes acompanhados em ambulatório sobrea terapêutica com anticoagulação oral. Foi utilizado um questionário elaborado para este estudo composto de dezquestões com respostas fechadas. O acerto mínimo de 80% das questões caracter...
OBJECTIVES: To describe complications associated to the use of intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABP), and their relationship with dwelling time, presence of risk factors/comorbidities, and nursing records. METHODS: Retrospective cohort study, in which medical records were analyzed through the completion of s...
OBJECTIVES: To describe the steps of the nursing process as prescribed in the literature and to investigate the process as actually applied in the daily routine of a general hospital. METHODS: Cross-sectional retrospective study (May/June 2005), performed in a hospital in Porto Alegre, RS. Medical record...
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate nursing professionals' theoretical knowledge of cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) treatment before specific training, immediately after, and six months later. METHODS: Cohort study, performed in a cardiology hospital in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul (November/2005 to May/2006), Brazi...
